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UNDER THE LILACS
by Alcott, Louisa May
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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About This Item
United Kingdom: Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. A good undated (1950's ?) hardcover in a fair price-clipped dustwrapper. The book is in clean blue boards with dark blue titles cover/spine and illustration on front cover, rubbed/bumped spine ends, sharp corners, presentation plate dated 1952 on front paste down, no writing or stamps, clean pages, The dustwrapper is creased/rubbed/chipped to the edges, moderate loss to front bottom corner, some loss at top spine, supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations, Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
This is the story of two runaways--Ben Brown and his dog, Sancho--who have escaped from a hard life in the circus to search for Ben's lost father. Tired and hungry, the pair are taken in by young Bab and Betty Moss and their mother, as well as by the Mosses' neighbors, Miss Celia and her brother, Thorny. Thanks to their kindness, Ben soon has a job, a family, and a chance to go to school. But can life with Miss Celia and his other new friends ever compare to the excitement of the circus? And will Ben stay out of mischief long enough to find out?
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21217
- Title
- UNDER THE LILACS
- Author
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Bookshelf
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
About The Old Bookshelf
Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016
Glossary
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- New
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- Good+
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- Plate
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- Fair
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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